NIGHT OPTICS USA

It is said that there are two kinds of lawyers: those who know the law and those who know the judge. And then there is Harold Koh, the man who is likely to be the next legal adviser to the State Department. Koh most recently served as dean of the Yale Law School and before that as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor in the Clinton administration. He is a prolific author and a legal activist of the left.

HUNTING THE VIETCONG

SMELLING TYPE O BLOOD

SAVING SOLDIERS

LOYAL, STUBBORN, AND DETERMINED

Lance Cpl. Brady Gustafson’s parents describe him as “reserved, loyal, stubborn and determined.” This was proven in action 21 July, 2008.

HE NEVER SAW THE GRENADE

Staff Sgt. Lincoln V. Dockery said he didn’t even see the grenade that sent shrapnel into his right forearm while charging insurgent fighters in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, 16 November, 2007. “Someone yelled out, and I looked up and saw it coming. My hand went up and a hot, sharp feeling went through it,” he said.

THAILAND NONSTOP VIOLENCE shuts down ASEAN summit.

Information from Voice of America, the American Forces Press Service, and the Navy News Service was used to assemble this article.